Truth about Ines’ MAFS drama

It's hard to think of a more controversial reality TV contestant than Married At First Sight's Ines Basic.

From the moment, the 27-year-old burst onto our screens, outrage has been at an all-time high (which is saying something given some of MAFS' previous "stars".)

We've watched her belittle her "husband" Bronson about everything from his appearance and fondness for eyebrow rings, to his past life as a stripper and scream profanities at him in a vicious manner that would never be accepted from a male contestant.

Now experts Mel Schilling and John Aitken have revealed their views on the show's most divisive contestant and what happens behind the scenes.

Bronson and his not-so-blushing bride Ines. Picture: Channel 9

They say Ines doesn't mean to be so mean. "I think if you watch her closely you can see, it's almost like she has remorse after she makes a really harsh comment," Schilling told news.com.au.

"I haven't asked her this, but it's almost like she is saying to herself, 'Oh, it's too late, I've gone down this road and I have to keep going', so I don't think she is as harsh as people are perceiving, but that's what they are seeing."

Aitken agrees, saying the public need to take Ines' background into account.

"When I spoke to her, what I saw is a woman who has come from a pretty traumatic upbringing from war-torn Bosnia, so you have walls up and she's very resilient, very independent," he said.

A petition was launched for her sacking but Mel says she remains convinced she did the right thing.

"Really our role is to remain impartial," she said. "So it makes sense for us to be quite separate, we have a professional role here and it's about observing, assessing, facilitating, but not counselling.

"We have another counsellor on board, he's behind the scenes. It is tempting though, just from a human perspective, you want to reach out and give someone a hug."

Ines has attracted the ire of the nation. Picture: Channel 9

Hugs are going to become even more necessary as the series progresses, with Schilling and Aitken saying some truly shocking scenes are coming.

"The real difference in this show is that you are going to have a lot of very raw and heated exchanges with the women, in a way we have never seen before," Aitken revealed.

"The sisterhood is not strong. We had never seen that before. Usually the women are very strong, and you have men behaving badly on the show, but that's not the case this year.